Chapter one: The last straw!

Hey Arnold! Fanfic AxH

Hello, and welcome to my first FanFic!! It should be known that obviously I don't own anything! All of the characters are from Hey Arnold! I hope you enjoy. :D

Helgas POV

"I CANT TAKE IT ANYMORE!!" I screamed in my head. Bob just yelled at me again for no reason at all, and of course he ends it's with "tHiS nEvEr wOuLd'Ve HaPpEnEd WiTh OlGa" huh what a family, well not anymore I'm done!

I grabbed my bag and put everything I needed in it: a bottle water, whatever food I could find which happens to a packet of saltines and how ever much money I could find around the house along with my allowance which in total comes up to 6.89 just my luck. I decided I wasn't going to leave until tomorrow, since I'll be going to school. I put my bag near my bed and went to sleep.

The next morning

I got up and did my normal routine you know brush my teeth, get dressed then head out for the last time. Just before i left i shouted to Miriam "I'm going to school now" then spotted a picture of my family and slowed to a halt. I felt hurt knowing that no one truly cared about me the way I cared for them, so before I left I grabbed the picture and walked out. I walked down my stoop to the bus stop and waited for it to arrive, once it got here I got on and sat where nobody could see me.

Shortly after I saw phoebe get on and she sat next me but her smile quickly faded when she saw my bag so full it could burst at the seams.

"Helga, what's this?" She asked, an innocent question. I decided to tell her the truth, she'd understand...is what I foolishly thought while telling her my plan. "WHAT?!!" She screamed aloud and some heads were turning, quickly I put my hand over her mouth, "shh..look we both know about my home situation. I'd gave anything to not have to stay another day under the same roof as my blowhard dad, my lame mom, and (albeit occasional) my perfect sister. I need to go somewhere where I'm actually wanted." I look at her and she seemed like she wanted to say something but stopped herself.

"I'm just over it pheebs, I'm leaving for good." I Look at her face and judging by the look she was giving me I probably shouldn't have told her that. "Helga, I think you should reconsider please this is a new extreme!" I saw she was on the verge of tears, how could I do this to her, how could I just leave her like this! Oh phoebe I love you, your my best friend and I don't think I would've gotten through all those tough times without you. Tears start to form and before I knew it I was crying, phoebe hugged me and we were both hugging and crying. I let go of her and handed her a napkin. "Just please keep in touch Helga I want to know that your ok." I nodded slowly, it's a good thing I memorized her address so I'll definitely be in touch. We arrived at school, I told phoebe to avoid being around me since I didn't want her to be the prime suspect in my "disappearance". I walked in and tried to think of an excuse to tell principal wartz to let have my bag with me throughout the day, he wouldn't budge at first then I remember that time he was dancing the flamenco in the halls I'll just have to use that to get what I want and if that doesn't work I'll tell people about how he plays with confiscated toys. After an agreement we made I headed to class and put my bag on the back of my chair and prepared myself for a long day.

Lunchtime/recess

Phoebes POV:

I was scared and worried about Helga but I knew I had to respect her wishes. Plus helga wouldn't have listened if I tried to change her mimd. I was fidgeting like crazy but I couldn't help it, I never had to do something so drastic before. I was trying to calm myself down until I was tapped on the shoulder. "Hey phoebe, everything ok?" It was Arnold and Gerald, I couldn't lie to them but I can't betray helgas trust so… "O-of course it is" I put in a smile as best as I could but the guilt of lying to them was unbearable. "You sure? Cause Helgas over there." He pointed to a bench in the corner where Helga was sitting she had her bag with her and was…alone. I felt bad seeing her like that but I mustn't go go near her "I just want to be alone." I tried to look away but I just kept thinking about helga and what happened on the bus and just like that I was crying "OH GERALD YOU WOULDN'T UNDERSTAND" I burst into tears and ran off to the bathroom. I was sobbing silently until I heard someone enter the restroom. "Uh phoebe" it was Lila. "Are you ever so ok? The boys said you ran off crying and asked to make sure your ok." I knew helga would never forgive me if I told Lila what's she's planning so I just told a lie, "I'm fine Lila, I just-" before I could finish she interrupted me "but phoebe we're your friends and we're all worried about you" she was right she was my friend but helga was my best friend and I've known her long enough to know that she'll eventually come to her senses and go home. "I'll be fine" I say in a whisper and walked pass Lila and exited the bathroom. Soon lunch ended and we all went back to class I looked at helga and she looked at me then mouthed "turn around" with a very soft expression, so I did as I was told. After the bell rang my heart dropped. I didn't need to turn around to know she was gone…

(A/N) hello everyone this is my first EVER fanfic! I'm sooo excited about this project since I've been working on it since I 16 (I'm 19 now ). I know this was a short chapter but I'm just trying to test the waters rn

One more thing please let me know if it's a good start, I'm also taking inspiration from other fanfics so please please please don't hesitate to give feedback XP